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  • Killing the Electoral College Would Alienate Half the Country

    Killing the Electoral College Would Alienate Half the Country0

    Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seeking to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District, has called for the abolition of the Electoral College. Her argument came on the heels of the Senate’s confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She was lamenting the fact that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, nominated by President George

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  • Obama’s Anti-Discipline Policies Set Our Students Up for Failure

    Obama’s Anti-Discipline Policies Set Our Students Up for Failure0

    President Barack Obama’s first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where, in 1965, state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful civil rights marchers who were demanding voting rights. Later that year, as a result of widespread support across

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  • Guns Haven’t Changed in America. People Have.

    Guns Haven’t Changed in America. People Have.0

    Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older. Those who are 90 or older were in school during the 1930s. My age cohort was in school during the 1940s. Baby boomers approaching their 70s were in school during the

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  • Kanye West Threatens the Democratic Party’s Hold on Black Americans

    Kanye West Threatens the Democratic Party’s Hold on Black Americans0

    In the aftermath of the Kanye West dust-up, my heart goes out to the white people who control the Democratic Party. My pity stems from the hip-hop megastar’s November announcement to his packed concert audience that he did not vote in the presidential election but if he had, he would have voted for Donald Trump.

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